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Ponce Quarry

Past Producer in Ponce county in Puerto Rico, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056798
MRDS ID TC00950
Record type Site
Current site name Ponce Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -66.63808, 18.02623 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ponce Municipio(county)

Puerto Rico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Penuelas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Puerto Rico C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern(hydrologic unit)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puerto Rico(hydrologic subregion)

Caribbean(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Puerto Rico Ponce

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMITS OF PONCE BETWEEN PONCE AND THE MAGUEYES URBANO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHALKY LIMESTONE AND UPPER CLASTICS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Juana Diaz Formation
    Rock description Juana Diaz Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -66.63808, 18.02623
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARRY PLOTS IN THE CHALK MEMBER OF THE JUANA DIAZ FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

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General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOST ROCK UNIT IS ABOUT 300 M THICK WITH MANY SMALL FORAMINIFERA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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